Connecticut House Passes Sweeping Gun Control Bill

Connecticut legislators passed a comprehensive gun-control package that would ban the “open carry” of guns in public, limit purchases of handguns to three per month per person, increase penalties for failing to report that a gun was stolen, and update pistol permit training requirements. The bill also mandates registration of all “ghost guns,” which are handmade weapons that have no serial numbers and that can be constructed with parts and instructions that are available over the internet or with 3D printers. The new restriction would apply to ghost guns that were manufactured before 2019, while the newer ones were already covered under current law.